Non-Fiction > Social Issues
Shine From Within by Amanda Rootsey
24.00 NZD
Category: Teenage Issues
Shine from Within is the go-to guide to help girls navigate their teen years with a positive, fresh take on self-image and overall wellbeing.Amanda Rootsey brings a wealth of experience not only from her own teenage years but also from her work with teenage girls through her Shine from Within programs.A ...Show more
Far from Home: Refugees and Migrants Fleeing War, Persecution and Poverty by Cath Senker
22.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
A sensitive and accessible account of the refugee crisis facing millions around the world. What if you had to leave your home and you could never go back? What do you think that would be like? For millions of Syrian and Iraqi citizens (and for people from many other nations around the world), these ar ...Show more
Prejudice (Stand Against) by Izzi Howell
24.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues | Series: Stand Against
A young activist's guide filled with real ways to make a difference Get excited to stand against prejudice in your community and the world with this introduction to non-violent activism. Young activists: follow the practical and effective methods in this book, and help mobilise others to raise awarenes ...Show more
12 Hacks to Happiness by Honor Head
22.00 NZD
Category: Teenage Issues | Series: 12 Hacks
Discover 12 simple steps to build happiness and better mental health. This short but essential book will quickly and clearly advise children on 12 steps to happiness. From learning new things to getting outside more, to talking to others, giving and learning to appreciate the simple things in life, chi ...Show more
Night Shift: An Insight into Depression That Words Often Struggle to Reach by Debi Gliori
28.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
"Scottish author and illustrator Debi Gliori's small but mighty picture book, Night Shift, is an eye-opening look at depression."--BookPage "A poignant, empathetic and ultimately hopeful book."--School Library Journal "By giving depression physical dimension, Gliori diffuses some of its strange, per ...Show more
Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can be by Gemma Cairney
25.00 NZD
Category: Teenage Issues
Open: A Toolkit for How Magic and Messed Up Life Can Be is full of honest advice about the big, bad and beautiful things that growing up is all about: from mental health to families to first love, and everything in between. Gemma Cairney is an important advocate for young people and between her life ex ...Show more
Cultural Issues (My Life, Your Life) by Honor Head
22.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues | Series: My Life, Your Life
This book looks at cultural issues between family and school friends including religion, diet, clothes and attitudes. It looks at family expectations and the desire to blend in with peers. It emphasises respect for cultural differences in and out of school and tolerance and an acceptance of a different ...Show more
My Skin, Your Skin: Let's talk about Race, Racism and Empowerment by Laura Henry-Allain
24.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
My Skin Your Skin is a powerful book to help children and adults have meaningful discussions about race and anti-racism. Most importantly, the book empowers children to be the best versions of themselves; to have self-love, self-esteem and self-worth, irrespective of their skin colour.This book was spec ...Show more
Culture and Diversity (I'm a Global Citizen) by Georgia Amson-Bradshaw
24.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues | Series: I'm a Global Citizen
How can you be a good global citizen? By understanding the world we live in and how we can effect change. This book explores the issues around diversity in modern life from the positives around multiculturalism to prejudice, racism and discrimination. It features a case study on Apartheid and ideas for ...Show more
Puberty in Numbers by Liz Flavell
24.00 NZD
Category: Social Issues
Embarrassment can do one! This entertaining guide to puberty gives you all the information you need to hold your head up and enter puberty armed with solid facts. Puberty need not be scary and unknown. With a colourful and cool design, and bite-size text with attention-grabbing numbers and visuals, fin ...Show more
It Will Get Better by Melinda Hutchings
30.00 NZD
Category: Teenage Issues
Teenage life brings up plenty of issues and can feel overwhelming at times. In It Will Get Better, Melinda Hutchings draws on her own experiences and those of many teens who speak openly about their issues - everything from family break-ups and troubled friends, to cutting, cyber-bullying and experienci ...Show more
Open Your Heart: Learn to love your life and love yourself by Gemma Cairney
25.00 NZD
Category: Teenage Issues
Full of honest and practical advice from The Surgery agony aunt Gemma Cairney and a whole host of trained professionals and real people, Open Your Heart is a best friend in a book. From heartbreak and heartache to body image and everything in between, this book will help you learn to love your body, you ...Show more